METHOD FOR SEALING A BUILDING JOINT AND SEALING ELEMENT

摘要

The invention relates to a method for sealing a structural joint using a sealing element (1) composed of an at least partially open-cell, elastically resilient foam, and to a sealing element. The sealing element is able to expand from a compressed state to a partially or a completely expanded state due to elastic resilience of the foam, and is provided with an expansion-influencing medium. It is proposed that the sealing element (1) is held in a compressed state by the medium, and the expansion of the sealing element is enabled by separate action of heat on the medium.